Hi Sonnia and Marlaina: I'm finding something a little different and am interested in your comments. What I find is a lot of the ltters I type are there, but are not echoed if I type quickly. I've gone back many a time to look if a letter that wasn't spoken was missing, and it was there, just not spoken. Poor Alex, getting picked on all over the place.:)
So, are you saying the Air doesn't have a disk drive? On Nov 12, 2010, at 4:00 PM, Sonnia wrote: > Hi Marlaina! The problem of missing letters (or rather vo not keeping > up with your typing) is the exact problem i have with my macbook pro. : > ( I guess like you, i must either slow down or do tons of editing. I > had wanted a macbook air but when i went to the apple store, the > gentleman tried his level best to convince me that for a student in > that price range, the pro was best. So thats what i got but i don't > mind switching it for an air lol. (oooh please no hurt feelings to my > pro, it's served me well.) :) The fact it doesn't have a cd drive is a > bit annoying but not a deal breaker b/c you can get an external drive > for a decent price at lots of electronic stores. When i was mac > shopping though there wasn't a 11 inch air available though *frowns* i > would have pushed to buy it no matter what the rep had said hahaha. > > > Marlaina Lieberg wrote: >> I so love how quickly my Air powers up for me. It makes me laugh every time >> I use it. I wil tell you one small thing I do not like about he Air, but it >> is so small it's not worth being upset about. I am a very very fast typist >> and the keyboard appears to be less sensitive to my flying fingers because >> when I really get going, I see words with missing letters even though I know >> I hae typed them. Ah, see the word have which I just typed, is h a e but I >> did hit the v. So, I will either do a lot of editing, or slow down a tad. >> But, I have not even had this for a week, so perhaps I'll get use to it in >> time. Aside from that, this thing is wonderful and oh yah, I have had a >> netbook with all the attendant windows issues, smile. >> >> Marlaina >> On Nov 7, 2010, at 5:04 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: >> >> Ok you bring up a good point but given time and program will not the macbook >> air boot up in about a minute just like my pro? lol! >> >> S >> On Nov 7, 2010, at 4:45 PM, Buddy Brannan wrote: >> >>> Apple *never* said that the Air was anything like a netbook. In fact, >>> Apple's doing its level best to distance itself from the whole netbook >>> thing. Of course, one could argue that it's a similar form factor and size, >>> and a rose by any other name, etc. etc., but there are a couple of key >>> differences: >>> >>> 1) They refused to compromise on the keyboard size, so the Air has a full >>> sized keyboard for typing. I think someone said that function keys are a >>> bit reduced, though. >>> >>> 2) The Air isn't using anything like the mobile Atom processor. It's using >>> a standard issue Core2 Duo, admittedly one at a lower clock speed than the >>> newest ones, but nonetheless, it's a full dual core processor, not one >>> optimized for low power consumption with processing power sacrificed. >>> >>> 3) No netbook I've ever seen claims instant, or even near instant, powerup. >>> -- >>> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA >>> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY >>> >>> >>> >>> On Nov 7, 2010, at 7:34 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: >>> >>>> OH nice, but if apple says it is going to make it like the pc netbook the >>>> price is sure wrong. the average netbook is around $300 the macbook air is >>>> about $1000. But glad you like the air. I want to try one one day. They >>>> sound cool for quick things like note taking in class o what not. >>>> On Nov 7, 2010, at 2:07 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: >>>> >>>>> I am typing this message on a MacBook Air while flying home from Reno, NV >>>>> where yesterday, I used that same MacBook Air to take 9 hours worth of >>>>> minutes during the American Council of the Blind Board Meeting. I am ACB >>>>> Secretary, and this machine performs just like my MacBook Pro but without >>>>> all the weight. I got the 11 inch size and it is absolutely wonderful. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Marlaina Lieberg >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> On Nov 6, 2010, at 8:42 AM, Kevin Shaw wrote: >>>>> >>>>> The Macbook Air runs OS X Snow Leopard. 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